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Basic needs for indigent, honorably discharged veterans and their families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and personal hygiene items.

Other services include housing, job referral, emergency food orders, medical assistance referral, utilities (gas, lights, water, sewer), and hospital equipment loan closet.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Provides a range of personal items/necessities when available.

Emergency housing offers a safe haven for persons in need. The shelter provides a warm bed, three meals per day, shower and laundry facilities, personal hygiene items, clothing, and supportive services to link homeless individuals with case management. Guests may also ask for help with GED tutoring and employment services.

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General Clothing Provision
Homeless Shelter
Personal/Grooming Needs

Provides food and personal care items free of charge to Grimes individuals and families struggling with food insecurity. Some of the items offered include non-perishable food, household products, personal care items, baby care items, proteins, and a variety of dairy, produce and bakery items. Also offered is children's clothing to those families in need of help.

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Formula/Baby Food
Personal/Grooming Supplies Donation Programs
Food Pantries
Personal/Grooming Needs

Provides mostly non-perishable food, freezer items, some produce, personal hygiene items, and household cleaning items.

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Cleaning Products
Food Pantries
Personal/Grooming Needs

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers perishable and non-perishable items and toiletries. Bi-weekly truck delivering food throughout the month. Call for information.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Food Pantries
Fresh Food

Offers non-perishable items, perishable items, and toiletries. Five (5) days worth of food provided. Available twice per month.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Food Pantries
Fresh Food
Offers a personal pantry which includes soap, shampoo, feminine care products, toilet tissue, deodorant, diapers, and toothpaste (based on donations/availability).

Street-based outreach services runaway youth and youth experiencing homelessness, near-homelessness, or street dependency.

Drop-in center services include food, basic first aid and hygiene supplies, advocacy, education and information, and referrals to appropriate community service providers. A nurse is onsite three days per week and offers testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

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Homeless Drop In Centers
Personal/Grooming Needs
Street Outreach Programs
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening

Offering a food pantry that can be used once every 30 days for non-perishable items as well as produce, dairy, frozen meats, and bread items. Story County residents can utilize The Market once per week for perishable refrigerated items such as dairy products, meat, pre-made salads, and pre-packaged items as well as fresh produce, and breads/bakery items.

The Family Pantry is also available for use once every 30 days and offers hygiene items, diapers/pullups, wipes, toilet paper, soaps and cleaners, and more.

*Items in the pantries vary and may not always be available

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Formula/Baby Food
Personal/Grooming Needs
Diapers
Food Pantries
Fresh Food
Offers food and personal hygiene products to those in need.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Food Pantries

Provides food and essential home products and personal care items.

Provides personal hygiene or care items such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and diapers when available. Can be used once per month.

Offers limited emergency assistance for, rent (last $100), utilities (last $75), diapers, other basic needs (such as hygiene products) for individuals and families who are experiencing economic hardship, assistance based on an immediate precipitating event, refers callers to appropriate community agencies that may be able to assist.

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Diapers
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides monthly financial assistance to persons who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs. Funds may be disbursed for specific basic maintenance needs such as shelter (rental/mortgage assistance), utilities, food, clothing, household supplies, personal essentials, and laundry.

General Assistance eligibility is re-determined monthly, by appointment, and as long as the recipient maintains his/her eligibility, they may continue to receive a monthly General Assistance grant.

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Clothing Vouchers
Personal/Grooming Needs
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
General Household Goods Provision

Provides nonperishable food items to those in need. May also direct callers to nearby food pantries.

Personal grooming supplies and hygiene items available.

Provides referrals if additional help is needed.

When funding allows, may be able to help with limited financial assistance for basic needs such as childcare payments, rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, car repairs, transportation, prescription costs, etc., through the Community Services Block Grant. Eligibility requirements will apply, and ongoing case management will be required. Contact your local County Outreach Office for more information.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Child Care Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers personal and household supplies to those in need. All first-time shoppers must pre-register with a valid identification document to participate in the program.

Provides a shower facility for those without access to private bathing facilities.

Provides food and personal hygiene grooming products, including diapers, to families in need. Food vouchers to local grocery stores for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, milk, bread, potatoes, cheese, laundry soap, dish soap and toilet paper may also be available.

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Personal/Grooming Needs
Diapers
Food Pantries
Decorah Community Food Pantry provides free food including canned products, meats, produce and dry goods; household items including cleaning supplies, paper products; and personal hygiene products may available. Donations of products and cash accepted. Individuals and families may visit once a week. People select their own items amount based on family size. This is a participating TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) food pantry. Enrollment into TEFAP is confidential and requires proof of address and identification. Individuals participating in the FoodShare, School Nutrition Program, WIC, or Senior Meals programs may participate in TEFAP without impacting their ability to qualify for those programs.

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Personal/Grooming Supplies Donation Programs
Food Donation Programs
Food Pantries
Cleaning Products
Cleaning Product Donation Programs
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Offers showers, washer and dryer and personal care items.

Provides a bathroom, everyday essentials (such as food, water, blankets, clothing and hygiene items) and access to a caseworker to help those that are homeless rebuild their lives. Also provides clients with access to computer stations, phone booths and chargers, job assistance and housing navigation.

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Public Internet Access Sites
General Clothing Provision
Personal/Grooming Needs
Job Search/Placement